Mi-8/17 Certified Repair Center in Egypt in 2019, 06-Dec-18 : #Egypt Egypt’ Helwan Factory for Developed Industries (HFDI) will be a certified maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) center for Mi-8T and Mi-17-1V in 2019. Future plans includes the Mi-17V-5 type. All these helicopters are operated by the Egyptian Air Force

Russian Helicopters Completes Southeast Asia Tour, 04-Dec-18 : #SoutheastAsia With a final stop in Kuala Lumpur, Russian helicopters Mi-171A2 and the Ansat finished their demonstration Heli Tour through Southeast Asia which started at the China Airshow and continued through Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Malaysia

New Service Center for Ka-32 and Mi-171 in China, 13-Nov-18 : #Shenzhen Chinese United Aviation Technology, a joint venture of CITIC Offshore Helicopters, AVIC International and Avicopter, to open a maintenance and repair (MRO) center for Ka-32А11VC and Mi-171 in Shenzhen

Emergency Ditching System for Ansat, 07-Nov-18 : Kazan Helicopters, part of Russian Helicopters, is developing a water emergency landing system for the Ansat that will be enable the helicopter to perform offshore missions

Mi-171A2 and Ansat at Airshow China 2018, 02-Nov-18 : #zhuhai2018 Russian Mi-171A2 and Ansat helicopters will at the Airshow China 2018 at Zhuhai, November 6-11. For the first time in full configuration. A demo tour in Southeast Asia will follow